Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Spokane Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 17548
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17548.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spokane Co., Washington, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Denison
Elk
Fish Lake
Freeman
Mount Kit Carson
Mount Spokane
Newman Lake
Ninemile Falls
Spokane
Spokane Area

Latitude: 47°46'31"N
Longitude: 117°15'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.775277777778,-117.25055555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allophane	Amorphous	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Autunite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Columbite	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Marcasite	Meta-autunite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel	Stilbite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Autunite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Stellerite ()*
Topaz ()*	Uraninite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U W Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Andalusite Aragonite Arsenic Autunite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Columbite Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Marcasite Meta-autunite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel Stilbite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	285878	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	285875	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	285878	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	285896,285897,285898	3250
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	11	285872,285880,285881,285882,285883,285885,285886,285888,285889,285892,285893	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	285873,285878,285891,285895	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	285870	1966
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	285878	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	285870	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	285880	3531
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	285878	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	285870	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	285897	453
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	285878	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	285873	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	285878	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	285873	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	285878	469
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	285878,285897	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	285870	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	3	285882,285883,285884	388
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	285877,285878	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	285875,285878,285880,285891,285900	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	285897	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	285897,285898	2994
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	285880	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	285870,285878,285880	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	285870	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	285870,285873,285875,285877,285878,285880,285900	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	285878	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	285877,285900	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	285896,285897,285898	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	285878	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	285877,285878	1214
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	285880	189
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	285875	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	285872,285883	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	285882	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050612	Daybreak Mine (Dahl Lease; Huffman Lease), Mount Kit Carson, Spokane Co., Washington, USA	https://rruff.info/R050612

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